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Ministry of Railways
Employment of Women in Railways
Around 3,650 women candidates have been given employment in the Indian Railways in technical categories in the last three years.
In the past few years, against notifications issued for various technical posts, a total of 2,79,60,224 applications were received and out of these, 46,76,928  were from women. Wide publicity is given to Railway recruitment notifications and every candidate, irrespective of gender, etc. fulfilling eligibility criteria is free to apply.
Application fee collected from women candidates are refunded to those who appear in the examination. Also, upper age limit in case of widows, divorced women and women judicially separated from their husbands, who are not remarried, is relaxed up to the age of 35 years. In addition, for Level-1 categories, relaxed qualifying standards for the Physical Efficiency Test  for women candidates are applied.
Provisions of separate rest rooms, cloak rooms, changing rooms and crèches have been made to ensure safe working conditions for women employees.
Wide publicity is given to Railway recruitment notifications to encourage women candidates to apply for Railway jobs. Facility of online application form ensures that women are able to apply even from their home for Railway recruitment notifications.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
MOHUA to Soon Issue Advisory on Special Measures to Save Interest of Homebuyers & All Real Estate Industry Stakeholders: Hardeep S Puri
Urgent meeting of RERA Central Advisory Council
An urgent meeting of Central Advisory Council  constituted under the provisions of Real Estate  Act, 2016 , was held today through webinar under the chairmanship of Sh. Hardeep S. Puri, Minister of State , MoHUA to discuss the impact of the pandemic COVID-19  and consequent nationwide lockdown on the real estate sector and to treat it as an event of ‘Force Majeure’ under the provisions of RERA. Sh Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog; Sh Durga Shanker Mishra, Secretary, MOHUA; Sh A K Mendiratta, Secretary, Department of Legal Affairs; Principal Secretaries and Chairpersons of Real Estate Regulatory Authorities of several States, representatives of Homebuyers, Real Estate Developers, Real Estate Agents, Apartment Owners’ Associations, CREDAI, NAREDCO, Financial Institutions and other stakeholders participated in the meeting.
Welcoming the members, Shri Puri shared his appreciation for all stakeholders of Real Estate Sector- including Developers’ Association for taking necessary measures to provide food, shelter, medical facilities and wages to their workers during this crisis and Regulatory Authorities for providing full support and assistance to the real estate sector.
The concerns of the real estate sector particularly the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 and consequent nationwide lockdown were deliberated in the meeting. There was a demand for providing special relief for the real estate sector so that the sector is able to cope up with adverse impact of the current crisis. COVID-19 has already disrupted construction activities due to reverse migration of labour at large scale and disruption of supply chain of various construction materials.
After detailed deliberations, the Housing Minister assured all the participants that the matter will be considered keeping in view the interests of all stakeholders. He further said that MoHUA will soon issue an advisory to all RERA/States about the special measures that need to be taken to safeguard the interest of homebuyers and all other real estate industry stakeholders.
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Department of Space
Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh says, usage of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System has increased in sectors like transportation and personal mobility
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways  has mandated fitting NavIC-based AIS-140 compliant vehicle trackers in all the public and commercial vehicles
There is also an increase in the number of NavIC enabled smart mobile phone models in the Indian market
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said thatthe usage of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System  has increased since its launch in 2012 in the sectors like transportation and personal mobility. NavIC civilian signals are free-to-air.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today, he said that the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways  has mandated fitting NavIC-based AIS-140 compliant vehicle trackers in all the public and commercial vehicles. There is also an increase in the number of NavIC enabled smart mobile phone models in the Indian market. The authorised defense labs have realized NavIC enabled receiver modules for strategic applications.
Google Maps is an application which uses location data from Global Navigation Satellite System . Like any other GNSS, NavIC provides the location data to the map application like Google Maps. NavIC performance is on par with other non-Indian Global Positioning System and is a strong alternative to the non-Indian Global Positioning Systems within the coverage area.
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Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Estimation of Rabi and Kharif Crops
Paddy crop is grown both in kharif and rabi seasons in the country. For the current agricultural year 2022-23, 1st advance estimates covering only kharif crops has been released so far, according to which the production of kharif rice is estimated at 104.99 million tonnes. The 1st kharif rice production estimate is lesser by 6.77 million tonnes  as compared to 111.76 million tonnes of kharif rice production estimated during 2021-22 . However, the current kharif rice production estimate is higher by 4.40 million tonnes  than the average kharif rice production  of 100.59 million tonnes. The2nd advance estimates covering all crops  is released in the month of February which incorporates Rabi Rice production estimate and revised kharif rice production estimate.
Wheat is a rabi crop and the 2nd advance estimates covering all crops  are released in the month of February. However, the production estimate of major kharif crops as per 1st Advance estimate 2022-23 are at Annexure I.
The procurement of rice under Kharif Marketing Season  2022-23 is 237.27 lakh tonnes . The central pool stock of rice and wheat  is as under:
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Central Pool Stock 
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115.42
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190.27
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305.69
The 2nd advance estimates of major crops for the agricultural year  covering all rabi crops are released in the month of February. Therefore, it is too early to comment uponcrop estimates and planned procurement for storage of rabi crops.
The details of arable land and Net irrigated area in the country, state-wise as per latest data available i.e. 2018-19 is at Annexure II.
This information was given by the Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Culture
Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi launches a Bike Expedition today under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav
Minister of State for Culture and External Affairs Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi launched a Bike Expedition today in New Delhi under the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav. Event is jointly organized by Culture Ministry and Amazing Namaste foundation which works to promote the Culture of India’s North Eastern States.
Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi said that northeast is something to be showcased, were people can be one, the diversity in unity prevails. There are eight states with 166 different tribes and traditions, which are protected by the constitution this country. Smt. Lekhi added that we are one people, one nation and we celebrate the diversity. “Azad di ka Amrit Mahotsav is one such occasion to celebrate all that is good in the country and all that our people cherish. All this celebration needs a global recognition”, Minister of State added.
Smt. Lekhi further said that northeast is the gate way to Southeast Asia, which needs to be worked on. She thanked everyone who worked for putting all this together and wished luck to all the 75 bikers who will be taking this mission forward.
North East on Wheels  Expedition’ scheduled between April 8-16, 2022 is to mark the celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. The 75 Bikers participating in this expedition will be selected from all over the country and cover about 9000 km in the North East Region traveling in 6 groups. The expedition will also promote the Dekho Apna Desh initiative of the Ministry of Tourism especially focusing on this vision. The Riders will also carry the message focusing on the importance of Road Safety.
The Govt of India’s decision to reorient “Look East’ policy to make it “Act East” policy is an indication of an action driven agenda. North East states are now talking about projects, industrial activity and other sunrise areas of economic engagement such as Tourism, Logistics. Many youngsters from the region are today role models for others across the country be it sports, entrepreneurship, social enterprise, etc.
Ministry of Defence
Privatisation of Defence Establishments
There is no proposal of privatization of Defence Public Sector Undertakings  and Ordnance Factory Board  under the administrative control of Department of Defence Production. However, to enhance functional autonomy, efficiency and unleash new growth potential and innovation in Ordnance Factories, the Cabinet Committee on Security  in its meeting held on 16.06.2021, has approved to convert the production units of OFB into 07 DPSUs.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Elamaram Kareem in Rajya Sabha today.
Special Service and Features
Kera Suraksha Insurance Scheme – Opportunity to Avail Rs 5,00,000 Coverage at Beneficiary Share of Rs 99 Ends on 25th October 2022
“Kera Suraksha Insurance Scheme” being implemented by Coconut Development Board in association with M/s Oriental Insurance Company Limited provides accidental insurance coverage of maximum of Rs 5,00,000 to Coconut Tree Climbers/Neera Technicians/Coconut Harvesters and Friends of Coconut Tree Trainees. Those who wish to avail the benefits of the scheme with the present beneficiary premium share of Rs.99 may submit their application with all requisite documents & certification on or before 25th October 2022.
Application form duly filled in, countersigned by Agriculture officer/Panchayat President/CPF office bearers/CPC Directors along with a demand draft for Rs. 99, drawn in favour of COCONUT DEVELOPMENT BOARD, payable at Ernakulam, along with a copy of age proof may be sent to:
Chairman,
Coconut Development Board,
SRV Road,
Kera Bhavan,
Kochi - 682011,
Kerala.
Beneficiary’s share of premium can also be paid online. Application form and other details are available at Board’s website, www.coconutboard.gov.in. For further details please contact the Statistics Section of Coconut Development Board, Kochi. Phone: 0484-2377266.
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Ministry of Education
MHRD issues orders for revision of allowances of teachers, equivalent academic cadre, Registrars, Finance Officers and Controller of Examinations in the Universities and Colleges as per the Recommendations of Seventh Central Pay Commission
The much awaited orders on revision of allowances and special allowances for teachers and equivalent academic cadre, Registrars, Finance Officers and Controller of Examinations in Central Universities and Colleges there under have been issued by the Ministry of Human Resource Development. This also includes centrally funded Deemed to be Universities.The orders come into force with immediate effect.
The revised special allowance per month for Vice Chancellor, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Principal in PG College and Principal in UG College are Rs. 11,250/-, Rs. 9,000/-, Rs. 6,750/- & Rs. 4,500/- respectively.
This is likely to benefit 30000 teaching and equivalent staff in Central Universities and 5500 in Deemed to be Universities.
This will serve as a bench mark for 7 lakh teachers in State Universities.
Ministry of Culture
Prime Minister to Inaugurate ‘Amrut Mahotsav’ & to Flag off Padyatra from Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad Tomorrow: Culture Minister
Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Minister of State  for Culture & Tourism has said that the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ and will flag off the Padyatra from Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad tomorrow. Addressing a press conference here today, he said that the Government has decided to organize a series of events to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of India’s Independence as ‘Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav’ beginning from 12th March, 2021 to 15th August, 2022. He informed that State Governments and Union Territories will also organize programmes on 12th March, 2021.
The Minister said that Mahatma Gandhi along with 81 persons had initiated the famous Dandi Padyatra from 12th March to 6th April, 1930. The Padyatra to be flagged off by the Prime Minister tomorrow will cover a journey of 241 miles from Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad to Dandi in Navsari and will end on 5th April, 2021 lasting for 25 days. 81 Marchers will participate in the Padyatra and different groups of people will be joining it on the way to Dandi.
Shri Patel also announced that he will lead the first lap of 75 kilometers of the Padyatra.
The Minister said that Government has decided to commemorate the 75th anniversary of independence as Amrut Mahotsav. Weekly events will be organized during the forthcoming 75 weeks till 15th August 2022. He said that every week an event will be held. To ensure the involvement of all citizens in this Mahotsav, various programes will be organized as per their interest with Ministry of Culture being in the supporting role.
National Security Council Secretariat
RATS SCO Practical Seminar on Securing Cyberspace in the Contemporary Threat Environmentfor RATS SCO MemberStates, 7-8December 2021
The National Security Council Secretariat , Government of India in association with Data Security Council of India , as a Knowledge Partner, organized atwo-day Practical Seminarfrom 07-08Decemberon“Securing Cyberspace in the Contemporary Threat Environment” for delegates from Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States.
India assumed the Chairmanship of Council ofRegional Anti-Terrorist Structure of SCO from October 28, 2021 for a period of one year. The Seminar is the first event to be hosted by India during its Chairmanship. This is the second time, India is hosting such a Seminar. First one was held in Hyderabad, India in August 2019. The Seminar could not be held in 2020 due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
This Seminar addressed the key areas like Policies and Strategies, Cyber Terrorism, Ransomware, and Digital Forensics amongst others. The representatives from Executive Committee  of RATS SCOand all SCO member countries attended this Seminar.
The program focused on the changing nature of online crime and criminal behaviour in order to understand the threats, trends, issues, responses and ethical questions associated with, mainly terrorists using technology. The program examined issues related to the cyber-realm from an interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional perspective, offering a unique look at a range of challenges. Technical challenges during Digital Forensics examination were discussed in detail with Case Scenarios.
The Seminar provided Hands-on Practical experience to the participants to enhance the capabilities of respective Law Enforcement Agencies in securing cyberspace from Terrorism, Separatism and Extremism. An Exhibition by various Indian Digital Forensics Tools and Solution providers was also organized to showcase global products and tools.
This Indian initiative is an effort to enhance the collaboration among RATS SCO Member States to counter the misuse of internet by Terrorists, Separatists and Extremists.
Ministry of Defence
BRO Motorcycle Expedition Team Receives a Rousing Welcome in Arunachal Pradesh
India@75 BRO Motorcycle Expedition team received a rousing welcome in Arunachal Pradesh. Deputy Chief Minister Shri Chowna Mein welcomed the expedition team to Arunachal Pradesh at Rajbhawan in Itanagar today. Border Roads Organisation is conducting India@75 BRO Motorcycle expedition from 14 Oct 2021 to 27 Dec 2021 touching all corners of the country to spread awareness of contribution of BRO in nation building as part of the celebrations of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Expedition is being conducted in seven legs. State of Arunachal Pradesh is being covered in Leg 3 which commenced at Siliguri on 05 November 2021 and will finish at Doomdooma on 14 November 2021.
Hon’ble Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh had flagged off the Motorcycle expedition from Delhi on 14 Oct 2021. First of its kind, this expedition will cover 20,000 kms over 75 days with more than 75 Riders from BRO. The expedition will be culminating at New Delhi on 27 Dec 2021 after traversing the entire perimeter of India.
The expedition has both social and military themes. It aims to motivate youth to join the elite BRO, and also to interact with Gallantry Awardees,
Ex-Servicemen and War Widows enroute. It also aims to spread the accomplishments of the nation towards Aatmanirbhar Bharat through several public outreach programmes.
The event to felicitate the expedition was organised by Project Arunank with assistance from State authorities. While speaking on the occasion, Deputy Chief Minister highlighted the yeoman service being done by BRO in connecting places--connecting people in the country in general and Arunachal Pradesh in particular. He also urged the youth of the State to contribute towards nation building. Deputy Chief Minister also flagged off the expedition for their next Phase of journey towards Pasighat and wished them all the best for their future endeavours.
BRO also simultaneously conducted Medical Camps in the remote areas of Yazli, Joram, Pipa, Koloriang, Kimin. In addition, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan and road safety campaigns were also conducted at Daporijo, Bame, Taliha and Likabali concurrently with the Motorcycle Expedition.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Activities under MGNREGAtake-off in the region
Chandigarh, May 05,2020
Activities under MGNREGA  have begun in the regionafter the Government of India has announced certain relaxations in the COVID-19 related lockdown. MGNREGAprovides at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every rural household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.
Workers in the region, engaged under MGNREGA, are observing all the COVID-19 related precautions. Meena Devi, from Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh said due to lockdown allthe labourers were inside their homes. Now being engaged under MNREGAhelps her to earn livelihood adding that she and all her co-workers are practicing physical distancing as well as washing their hands regularly while working. Similarly, employment provided under MNREGA in village Sangla in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh comes as big relief for the people.A similar case can be observed in Narnaul, Haryana where workers are also followingprecautions.

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As this goes on, relief under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana is providing succour to the poor in the region. At a PDS outlet in Jind district in Haryana, Laxmi said that the Government is doing good work by providing free ration to the poor whereas Kamla while thanking the Government said as work is scarce during these times, free ration has been a big help. Mohan from Haryana saidthe poor are getting ration from the depots and receiving money in their accounts. A daily-wage labourer, Mohan,thanked the Government of India for understanding the problems of people like him as he is getting work after facing hardships during the initial days of hardships.


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Announced in March, the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package helps poor with food and money to cope up with the effects of lockdown.
Ministry of Mines
Process for Acquiring Land for Mining
There is no provision in the Mines and Minerals  Act, 1957 [MMDR Act, 1957] for acquiring land for any mine. As per the provisions of the MMDR Act, 1957 and rules made thereunder, the State Governments are empowered to grant the mineral concessions for the minerals located within their respective boundaries. Land required for mining purpose is acquired either through voluntary agreement between the land owner and the prospective lessee or under the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation And Resettlement Act, 2013. Further, for mining of coal by Government companies land can also be acquired under Coal Bearing Areas  Act, 1957.
As per the information provided by the Government of Maharashtra, 1596 hectare land including 6.33 hectare Gaothan land of Hewati village has been acquired by Western Coalfields Limited under Coal Bearing Areas  Act, 1957 in respect of Makardhokra-III opencast project.
The Ministry of Mines does not administer any Act related to Real Estate.
As per the information provided by the Government of Maharashtra, for the Makardhokra-III project, out of 1596 hectare total acquired land, there exists 1391.7 hectare tenancy land of affected farmers for which land compensation and Rehabilitation and Resettlement benefits in respect of 1385.37 hectare of agricultural land have been approved. Government of Maharashtra has also informed that till now, land compensation to the tune of Rs. 336 Crore and 1089 numbers of employment / monetary compensation have been disbursed. However, for 6.33 hectare abadi land, the land compensation and Rehabilitation and Resettlement benefits are yet to be settled.
This information was given by Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
MNRE awards grants to four projects in second round of PACEsetter Fund programme
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy awarded Grants to the awardees of the second round of PACEsetter fund programme in a ceremony organised by the Ministry yesterday. ShriAnand Kumar, Secretary, MNRE and Mr. Kenneth Ian Juster, the U.S. Ambassador to India co-chaired the felicitation ceremony.
In the second round of awards, a total of 168 Expressions of Interest were received. Out of these, four projects were selected for award of grants. The awardees include Society for Economic and Social Studies, New Delhi, Customized Energy Solutions India Pvt. Ltd., Pune, The Energy & Resources Institute , New Delhi and RaghavendraSuntech Systems Pvt Ltd , Bengaluru.
Stressing on the importance of access to energy for all, the U.S. Ambassador said that innovation in off-grid and clean energy will improve energy access. Secretary, MNRE appreciated the impact that the awarded projects would have on the common man. He also suggested that innovation realized through such projects could be replicated in other developing countries.
Background:
The PACEsetter fund was constituted by India and the USA in 2015 as a joint fund to provide early-stage grant funding to accelerate the commercialization of innovative off-grid clean energy products, systems, and business models.
The mission of the PACEsetter Fund is to accelerate the commercialization of innovative off-grid clean energy access solutions by providing early-stage grant funding that would allow businesses to develop and test innovative products, business models and systems. The Fund's main purpose is to improve the viability of off-grid renewable energy businesses that sell small scale  clean energy systems to individuals and communities without access to grid connected power or with limited/intermittent access. .
Website - https://www.iusstf.org/program/indo-us-pacesetter-fund